Herbal medicines for oral administration. Useful properties of the product

Medicinal properties chokeberry, or chokeberry ( Aronia melanocarpa), so great that this berry can be called a real medicine created by nature itself. There are surprisingly few contraindications for a product with such high biological activity.

Compound

100 grams of fresh berries contains:

• 156 kcal;
• 14.2 g sugars;
• 35% daily norm vitamin C;
• 17% vitamin K;
• 10% vitamin B6;
• 10% manganese;
• 9% potassium;
• 7% vitamin A;
• 5% magnesium, etc.

The medicinal properties of chokeberry are mainly explained by the presence of a significant amount of antioxidants in it. According to the ORAC indicator, which reflects the antioxidant activity of food products, these berries are significantly superior to many others, including such famous ones as.

The berries contain the most anthocyanins (1480 mg per 100 grams of product) and proanthocyanidins (the colorless variety of anthocyanin) - 664 mg per 100 g.

It also contains epicatechin, quercetin, caffeic acid, carotenes, malvidin, lutein, zeaxanthin, etc.

• The second important component is plant fiber, of which these berries contain a lot. 100 grams of product contain 17 grams of fiber, which corresponds to 68% of the daily value.
• Great importance They also have tannins that have good bactericidal properties.

Beneficial features

Unlike many other food products, for which we can only say that they have benefits, this berry is healing. Biological influence The components of chokeberry are so great that its properties are not just useful, they are medicinal. And there are many of them. The table shows only the main ones.

Prevention cancer diseases, especially bowel cancer.	Improve blood circulation and strengthen blood vessels.
Treatment of hypertension.	Preventing diabetes and improving blood sugar control.
Boosting immunity.	Normalization of intestinal function and improvement of microflora.
Non-alcoholic treatment.	Improving mental status, fighting depression.
Improvement lipid profile and prevention of atherosclerosis.	Antiviral and antibacterial activity.
Reducing the level of inflammatory processes.	Improvement appearance skin, increased collagen synthesis.
Prevention of early aging.	Preservation of vision.
Protection against infections genitourinary system, improving sperm quality.	Protection against oxidative brain damage and prevention of neurodegenerative diseases.

Does it increase or decrease blood pressure?

Not a single scientific research has been devoted to answering the question of whether chokeberry increases or decreases blood pressure.

The answer is lower. And quite significantly. With regular consumption of juice, it is possible to reduce the upper pressure by 15-20 units and the lower one by 10-15.

However biological mechanism The basis for this effect of the berry has not yet been established. It has been suggested that the hypotensive effect may be due to inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) or an increase in NO synthesis. It is likely that both work.

The presence of a sufficiently large amount of potassium necessary to maintain normal level blood pressure.

Is it weakening or strengthening?

The medicinal properties of chokeberry are such that they enable it to improve the condition of the intestinal microflora and promote the formation of bulky feces. Surprisingly, such qualities are useful for treating chronic diarrhea and eliminating constipation.

However, in case of acute diarrhea, berries, especially fresh ones, should not be consumed, as they can worsen the condition.

How does it affect weight loss?

Extremely positive.

1. Slows down the process of lipogenesis (formation of new fat deposits) by reducing the activity of genes responsible for this process.
2. Improves the functioning of intestinal microflora. This is important for sustainable weight loss, since when you gain extra pounds always happen pathological changes as part of the intestinal flora.
3. Strengthens blood sugar control, preventing the development of insulin resistance, a condition that not only underlies the development of diabetes, but also leads to painful weight gain.
4. Helps fight chronic inflammation, which occurs in the body of people who need to lose weight. And which provokes further weight gain.

It is remarkable that the beneficial properties of chokeberry are so great that you don’t need much of it to get the effect. And this makes it possible to minimize the amount of sugars that enter the body along with the berries.

Cleansing the body

The benefits of chokeberry in protecting the human body from xenobiotics (foreign compounds that are harmful to health) have been studied for decades. During this time, it was possible to prove that the berry is useful for protecting the body from such compounds as:

• heavy metals;
• alcohol;
• tetrachloride carbohydrate;
• nitroso compounds;
• pesticides;
• polyaromatic hydrocarbons;
• toxic sulfur compounds;
• methamphetamine;
• Components tobacco smoke;
• many medications, including those used for chemotherapy, etc.

How to use it correctly?

Whole berries contain significantly more antioxidants than juice. They also contain more plant fiber. Therefore, it is better to eat berries rather than juice. Dried, frozen or fresh.

In what quantity?

At the moment, there is no single scientifically based answer to this question.

There are two points of view.

According to the first, certain caution must be observed. Since there are not just a lot of antioxidants in chokeberry, but a lot. And an overdose of these biologically active compounds can be harmful to health.

• chewing - 5-7 berries three times a day;
• dried – 1 tablespoon per day;
• juice – 200 ml per day;
• extract – 300 mg per day.

However, other researchers completely disagree with this interpretation. And they believe that you can overdose on chokeberry only if you consume it in truly enormous doses, for example, drink at least 2 liters of juice daily.

When included wisely in the diet, there is no need to count the berries.

But in any case, certain rules exist.

1. The berry should not be consumed with sugar, that is, it should not be used to make jam or bake pies. Because sugar only harms the body. And if you add it to useful product, then the benefit of this product will be significantly reduced. Therefore, the correct methods for preserving chokeberry for the winter are freezing, drying, but not grinding with sugar.
2. The berry contains a lot of tannins, which can change the activity of drugs. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat it at the same time as taking medications.
3. When taking drugs metabolized by CYP3A4 (must be indicated in the instructions for the medication), the use of chokeberry must be completely avoided, as it interferes with the functioning of this enzyme.
4. Since the polyphenolic compounds of the berry form stable complexes with some important microelements (zinc, copper, iron), with regular and sufficiently large consumption of chokeberry, a shortage of these microelements may occur. Therefore, they need to be introduced into the body in additional quantities, for example, in the form of mineral complexes.

Contraindications

• The berry contains a lot of oxalic acid, so contraindications for its regular use are urolithiasis and gout. As well as a predisposition to these diseases.
• You should not lean on the berry if you have hypotension.
• Should be avoided if you have allergies.
• Not recommended for use in large quantities ah during pregnancy and breastfeeding, because its effect on fetal development and the quality of breast milk has not yet been studied.

Side effects

If chokeberry is allowed, then the main side effects after its massive consumption are unpleasant symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract (bloating, flatulence, pain in the abdominal area, etc.), due to the high fiber content and not posing a real threat to health.

Beneficial features and contraindications of chokeberry: conclusions

Chokeberry contains unusual a large number of antioxidants. There are so many of these biologically active compounds in the berry that it not only provides the body with some benefits, like most other fruits, it truly heals.

The medicinal properties of chokeberry are varied. The berry helps to get rid of excess weight and prevent diabetes, protects against heart, vascular and brain diseases, helps prevent cancer, etc.

The cleansing ability of chokeberry, as well as its rejuvenating properties, is of great importance.

Contraindications for inclusion in the diet are allergies, urolithiasis and gout, hypotension, as well as taking certain medications.

- disease caused by metabolic disorders nucleic acids. With this disease, the amount of uric acid. In cartilage, tendon sheaths, articular capsules crystals of sodium uric acid are deposited, and this leads to frequent attacks joint pain. Men over 40 years of age suffer from gout more often; it is observed quite rarely in women. The disease is often hereditary. There are cases where gout has affected members of the same family for several generations.

Factors such as overeating, poor nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, abuse of meat, alcohol, sour and spicy foods. The disease develops quite slowly. Changes in the joints are accompanied inflammatory reaction with further disruption of their structure and functions. More often the disease occurs in the form of attacks. An acute gout attack can begin at any time, but most often it occurs at night. Precursors of an attack may include symptoms such as mental depression, dyspepsia, and a feeling of discomfort. The attack begins with the appearance of severe pain in one or more joints (most often affected thumbs groans, small joints of the hands). The pain during an attack is so severe that the patient does not allow him to touch the affected joint. They are accompanied by swelling and redness of the skin over the joint. Sometimes it can even turn purple.

Common symptoms of the disease are fever up to 40°C, coated tongue, bloating, diarrhea or constipation, enlarged and painful liver. An acute gout attack usually lasts 3-4 days, then the pain gradually subsides and the patient's general condition improves. The frequency of attacks can vary - from several months to a year. Classic description Gout was given by the English physician Sydenham in 1683. He himself suffered from this disease, so his description most accurately reflects the patient’s condition: “The victim goes to bed and sleeps in perfect health. Around two o'clock in the morning she is awakened by severe pain in the area of ​​the big toe, less often in the heel, ankle or instep. It is similar to the pain of a dislocation, but at the same time in places it feels as if they are being watered cold water. Then chills, trembling and slight fever begin. The pain, which was tolerable at first, is getting worse. As it intensifies, fever and chills increase. After some time, the condition reaches a peak and affects the bones and ligaments of the metatarsus and tarsus. Now this feeling of severe stretching and tearing of ligaments - It's a dull pain, alternating with periods of squeezing and compression. The feeling of pain in the affected area is so acute that the weight of bed linen and the sound of another person’s footsteps in the room become unbearable. The night passes in agony, wakefulness, turning of the sore limb, constant tossing and turning, tossing around the bed, incessant just as long as pain is felt in the exhausted joint; and all this only intensifies as the attack progresses. Hence the futile efforts to change the posture and position of the diseased limb in the hope of relieving the pain.” We can say that nothing has changed in the gout clinic over the past 300 years.

Chronic gout. After the first acute attacks, local changes disappear almost without a trace, but subsequently persistent changes in the diseased joint gradually increase. Such changes include limited mobility of the affected joint, changes in its shape and thickening. Soft fabrics around the joint are constantly swollen, the skin over them becomes thinner and may even break through. In this case, white masses of uric acid salt crystals are released through the resulting fistula. Numerous lesions of the joints occur, which lead to their deformation, contractures and subluxations.

Treatment. Most doctors recommend starting treatment for gout by changing your usual diet. Patients are recommended to eat a dairy-vegetable diet - sharply limiting meat, meat soups and broths, liver, brains, and kidneys. They are allowed to eat only small amounts of well-cooked meat and fish. Vegetables are prohibited. containing purines (sorrel, spinach, beans, radishes, peas, beans, lentils). Alcohol should be completely excluded from the diet. You should eat mainly dairy products: spoiled milk, kefir, whey, kumiss. Lemons, strawberries, gooseberries, and various root vegetables are useful fruits and vegetables. The main weapon of natural treatment is diet. English doctor Michael T. Murray, in The Natural Cure, writes: “Dietary treatments for gout sufferers consist of the following:
- stopping alcohol consumption;
- a diet low in purines (foods high in purines include the following: natural and canned meat, shellfish and crustaceans, yeast (brewer’s and food), herring, sardines, mackerel, anchovies, etc.):
- achieving ideal weight:
- increased consumption of complex carbohydrates.
- less fatty foods:
- less protein foods;
- more liquid;
- increased consumption of flavonoids (components of flavonoids are found in large quantities in fresh cherries, hawthorns, blueberries and other berries).

So, daily consumption is 200 g fresh fruits Cherries effectively reduce the level of uric acid in the body and prevent an attack of gout. Patients with gout need to move as much as possible, engage in light sports, and take long walks. At acute attacks For gout, you need to stay in bed, apply heat to the area of ​​the affected joints, drink plenty of fluids, and take colchicum tincture (pharmaceutical drug) 20 drops 3-4 times a day orally. Traditional medicine recommends using the following herbs to treat gout: medicines.
If there is inflammation of the joints, the patient is advised to take any herbal medicines that have anti-inflammatory properties. Preparations of ginger and “devil’s claw” (grows in Africa) are especially useful.

In the treatment of joint diseases, it is especially important that medicinal substances plants influenced the underlying factors responsible for degeneration cartilage tissue. In the treatment of gout, plants with high level phytoestrogens content. “These plant substances are able to bind estrogen receptors on cartilage cells, thus preventing a reaction between the receptors and the body’s own estrogens. The fact that women predominate among patients with esteoarthritis suggests that estrogens may be involved. Scientific experiments have demonstrated that estrogen worsens osteoarthritis." Michael T. Murray.

For the treatment of arthritis, gout, and osteoarthritis, people have been using licorice root, alfalfa, fennel, celery, parsley, soybeans, nuts, apples, and organic cereals for a long time.
B.V. Bolotov in the book “I will teach you not to get sick and not to grow old” writes about the treatment of gout: “Gout used to be treated with damask grass. Kamchuga - in Old Russian it means stone, cobblestone. Gout is characterized by the presence of stones in the body, i.e. salts Coltsfoot grass used to be called coltsfoot grass. You need to consume the juice or crushed leaves along with salt. It is enough to take 1 tablespoon of ground herb an hour before meals, once a day for 2-3 months. At the same time, compresses should also be made on the gouty nodes from a mixture of ground coltsfoot grass and salt, warming the area with a water heating pad.”

Herbal medicines for oral administration

- For gout and rheumatism, constant consumption of wild strawberries has a good effect on the patient. It is recommended to eat up to 5 glasses per day. In the morning on an empty stomach - 2 glasses, half an hour before lunch - 1 glass, in the evening, an hour before bedtime - 2 glasses. It is recommended to exclude meat, everything sour and salty from the diet. In mild cases, the disease goes away in 1.5-2 months. An infusion of strawberries (3 tablespoons per 3 cups of boiling water) has the same effect. Drink 200 ml infusion 3-4 times a day.
- Garlic with lemon. Take 3 heads of garlic and 4 lemons. Remove the seeds from the lemon and pass through a meat grinder along with the peeled garlic. Pour 400 ml of boiling water over the entire mixture, stir well and leave for 3 days in a warm place. Strain. Take 50 ml of the mass 1 time per day.
- Tincture of lilac flowers. Pour lilac flowers into a half-liter bottle (without compacting). Fill to the top with vodka or alcohol and leave for 21 days in a warm place. Drink 30 drops 3 times a day before meals.
- Carrot. Take 100 g of grated carrots with 1 tablespoon every day. vegetable oil.
- Garlic. Chop 3/4 of the garlic into a half-liter bottle and fill with vodka. Leave for 14 days in a warm, dark place, shaking daily. Take 1 tablespoon 3 per 100 ml of cold boiled water 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 1.5 months.
- It is useful to eat for gout and rheumatism fresh berries blueberries in any quantity.
- Tincture of rosehip roots. Finely chop 2 tablespoons of rosehip roots and pour in 500 ml of vodka. Leave for 21 days in a dark and warm place, shaking daily. Take 2 tablespoons 2 times a day 1 hour before meals. The tincture can be used to rub joints.
- Tincture of American agave. Pour 2 tablespoons of leaves with 100 ml of alcohol. Leave for 14 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Strain. Take 20 drops 3 times a day.
- Barberry tincture. Grind 25 g of barberry bark and pour in 100 ml of 70-degree alcohol. Leave for 14 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Strain. Drink 30 drops 3 times a day. Systematic reception tinctures for 1.5 months reduce gouty nodes and promote the dissolution of salts in the joints.
- Tincture of galangal (cinquefoil erect): 20 g of rhizome, pour 200 liters of alcohol. Leave for 21 days in a dark place, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals. This remedy has long been used by herbalists and healers, but is not recommended for people suffering from constipation.
- Budra ivy-shaped. Pour 1 teaspoon of fresh herbs into a glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 50 ml of warm infusion 3 times a day.
- Walnut. Pour 20 g of young leaves or unripe fruits with a glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.
- Aspen (bark, leaves). Pour the bark of young twigs, bark and leaves of aspen with 70-degree alcohol in a ratio of 1:10, respectively. leave for 14 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Strain and drink 30 drops 3 times a day for gout and rheumatism.
- Birch sap. For gout Birch juice It is recommended to drink 1 glass 3 times a day for 1.5 months. The juice reduces gouty pain, removes excess uric acid salts and has a weak diuretic effect.
- Lovage officinalis. Grind 1 tablespoon of dried lovage roots and boil in 300 ml of water over low heat for 15 minutes. Leave in a warm place for 3 hours, strain. Drink 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day for gout and rheumatism.
- Black currant. Brew 25 g of crushed leaves in 500 ml of boiling water. Leave overnight in a warm place. Drink 200 ml 3-4 times a day for rheumatism and gout.
- Wild lettuce. Pour 1 teaspoon of herb into 500 ml of boiling water. Leave in a warm place for 4 hours, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for gout. The plant is poisonous! Follow the dosage exactly!
-Vine leaves. Pour 1 tablespoon of dry grape leaves (harvested in May) with a glass of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain. Drink 100 ml 3-4 times a day. Green grape leaves are beneficial. They are added to salads, okroshka and soups. Grape leaves help remove oxalic acid from the body.

Duckweed is small. Dry at risk, tossing frequently. Crush and mix with honey to form pills. Take pills 3-4 times a day for gout.
- Cinquefoil erect. Grind 1 tablespoon of dry roots and boil over low heat for 15 minutes. Leave in a warm place for 2 hours, strain. Drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for joint diseases.
- Initial letter. Pour 1 tablespoon of herbs with flowers into a glass of boiling water, add 2 tablespoons of good dessert wine. Leave in a warm place for 20 minutes. Drink 1/3 glass 3 times a day.
- Black elderberry. Pour 20 g of flowers into 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for 30 minutes, strain. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day with honey.
- Meadow lumbago. Grind 2 teaspoons of leaves and pour cold boiled water. Leave for a day in a dark place, strain. Drink 1 tablespoon every 3 hours for rheumatism, gout, arthritis.

Marsh cinquefoil. One of the most common folk remedies for the treatment of gout is a decoction of dried roots of cinquefoil. Pour 2 tablespoons of crushed roots into 500 ml of boiling water, simmer over low heat until the volume of water is reduced by about ¼. Leave for 2 hours, strain. Take 100 ml 3-4 times a day. A tincture of cinquefoil roots is prepared as follows: grind 25 g of dry root and pour in 500 ml of vodka. Leave for 21 days in a dark place, shaking occasionally. Strain. Drink 1 glass 3 times a day before meals for 2-3 months.

Infusion of chicory herb. Pour 2 teaspoons of herbs into a glass of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Drink 100 ml 3 times a day half an hour before meals. It is useful to apply a thick decoction of the herb to gout-affected joints in the form of compresses (according to Avicenna’s recommendations).
- White cabbage. For gout, cabbage is useful to take in any form. It is especially useful in the form of salads. A cabbage leaf applied as a compress to a sore joint relieves gouty pain.
- Cowberry. For gout, it is useful to drink tea from lingonberry leaves. Drink continuously for six months. To avoid irritation of the bladder, lingonberry leaves should be brewed with chamomile flowers and linden blossom in equal parts. Drink no more than 4 glasses a day.
- Meadowsweet. Pour 3 tablespoons of flowers into 1 liter of boiling water, leave, covered, for 2 hours, strain. Take 50 ml 3-4 times a day for gout and rheumatism.
- To whine. Infuse 3 teaspoons of dream in two glasses of warm boiled water overnight. In the morning, strain and drink 1/2 glass 3-4 times a day.
- The goat is squat. Boil the decoction of goat roots (1 tablespoon per 200 ml of boiling water) for 10 minutes, leave in a warm place for 2-3 hours, strain. Drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for gout.
- Eucomia vizofolia (pharmaceutical preparation). Alcohol tincture Eucomia is taken for gout and arthritis, 30 drops 3 times a day.
- Saxifraga. 3 tablespoons of crushed rhizomes with roots are poured with half a liter of water and boil over low heat for 15 minutes. Leave in a warm place for 4 hours, strain. Drink 1/3 glass 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals.
- Yellow gentian. Pour 3 teaspoons of roots and rhizomes into three glasses of water, leave in a warm place for 2 hours, strain. Take 100 ml 3 times a day an hour before meals for gout and arthritis of various origins.
- Meadow geranium. Pour 2 teaspoons of dry herb into two glasses of boiling water, leave for 1 hour. Take small sips throughout the day.
- Kirkazon clematis. Kirkazon root infusion. Pour 1/2 teaspoon into a glass of boiled, cooled water and leave overnight. Strain. Take 1/4 cup 3 times a day for muscle pain and gout.
- Ash leaf is brewed as tea and drunk long time for gout.
- Common heather. Infuse 3 teaspoons of heather in 2 glasses of cooled boiled water overnight. Strain. Take 100 ml 4 times a day for gout and rheumatism.
- Chokeberry. It is useful to take for gout in any form (tea, salads, with sugar and honey).
- For gout and rheumatism, it is useful to eat blueberries and strawberries (2-3 glasses a day), prepare infusions and teas from their fruits. It is recommended to drink 4-5 cups of tea or fruit infusion per day.
- Amphibious knotweed (pike grass). Root infusion (20 g - 200 ml), take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals.
- Snake mountaineer. Boil a decoction of fresh rhizomes of the snakeweed (2 tablespoons per 400 ml of water) for 10 minutes, leave in a warm place for 2 hours, strain. Take 100 ml 3 times a day 40 minutes before meals for gout, rheumatism, neuralgia and as a diuretic.
-White birch. Alcohol tincture (1 tablespoon of dry leaves and buds per 100 ml of alcohol, leave for 7 days, strain) drink 30 drops 3 times a day for gout and rheumatism.
- A decoction of birch buds (1 tablespoon of buds per glass of water, boil for 5 minutes, leave for 1 hour, strain) is drunk for gout, 1/4 cup 4 times a day after meals.
- Colchicum. During attacks of gout and in the inter-attack period, traditional medicine recommends drinking tincture of colchicum herb, 20 drops 3 times a day (pharmaceutical preparation).
- Common tansy. Pour 1 tablespoon of flower baskets with 200 ml of boiling water. Leave for 2 hours in a warm place, strain. Drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for rheumatism and gout.
- The egg capsule is yellow. Pour 2 tablespoons of fresh leaves of yellow capsule (or 1 tablespoon of dry leaves) into 300 ml of boiling water and leave for 1 hour. Strain. Drink 100 ml 3 times a day. A thick decoction of the leaves or flowers of the egg capsule is used for compresses for gout and rheumatism.
- St. John's wort. Pour 3 tablespoons of the herb into 800 ml of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours, strain. Drink 1/3 glass three times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 1.5-2 months. Use for chronic gout and rheumatic pain.
- The sequence is three-part. The herb is brewed and drunk as tea for a long time (up to 3 months). The infusion should only be drunk hot. The string should be collected at the budding stage and dried in the shade in small bunches. Infuse the herb with fresh boiling water for 15 minutes. The tea made from it should have a golden color. To prepare an infusion of succession herbs, pour 4 tablespoons of chopped herbs into 5 cups of boiling water and leave overnight without wrapping. After straining, drink the infusion 100 ml 3-4 times a day for all joint diseases.

Folk remedies for external use

- Autumn colchicum. Pour 1 part of dry crushed tubers with 12 parts of vinegar, leave for 14 days. Use for rubbing for gout and other joint diseases.
- Kostyanika. A thick decoction of stone fruit (and mashed berries) is used as a poultice for gout and rheumatism.
- Horseradish. For joint pain and swelling, horseradish infusion is used. A tablespoon of pureed horseradish is poured into 400 ml of boiling water and left for 1 hour. Used in the form of poultices and compresses.
- Turnip. Pounded boiled turnips are applied to the affected joints in the form of a poultice for rheumatism and gout.
- Rosehip roots. Grind 20 g of rosehip roots and pour 1 liter of boiling water. Steam over low heat for 2 hours. After steaming, add 1 glass of cold boiled water to a glass of the resulting steam. Use the resulting mixture to apply warm compresses to sore joints at night. The joint should be well wrapped on top.
- One of the best folk remedies for gout is the following: melt a little butter over a fire and let it boil. Remove and remove any foam that appears and add the same amount of wine alcohol. Light the mixture and let the alcohol burn out. Use the remaining mass to rub into the sore joint. Rubbing must be done in front of a fireplace, stove or fire. Instead of alcohol, you can use regular vodka
- Sunflower. Pour 2 tablespoons of marginal sunflower flowers into 300 ml of vodka and leave for 7 days. Strain. Use for compresses and internally, 20 drops 3 times a day. At the same time, it is useful to rub the affected joints with sunflower oil.
- Black poplar. Dry the poplar buds and grind them into powder. Mix the powder with cow butter or petroleum jelly in a ratio of 1:4, respectively. The resulting ointment can be used as a pain reliever for rheumatism and gout.
- Henbane oil. Pour 15 parts of crushed henbane seeds with 100 parts of olive or sunflower oil. Leave for 18 days in a warm place. Use as a pain reliever for bruises and joint pain.
- Radish. Juice or grated radish is a good remedy for joint pain. Used for radiculitis, gout, arthritis and rheumatism.
- Infuse 1 teaspoon of bodyaga in 50 ml of alcohol for 14 days. Use as a rub for swollen joints.

For severe gouty pain, it is recommended to prepare the following composition:
Dried black elderberry flowers - 50 g
Chamomile inflorescences - 50 g
Pour a small amount of boiling water over the mixture, wrap it up and let it brew for 10 minutes. Fill a cloth bag with the hot mixture and apply it to the sore joint. Bandage it. Wrap the top of the joint in a woolen cloth for 2-3 hours or overnight.

Common juniper. Pour 15 g of crushed fruits into 100 ml of alcohol. Leave for 21 days in a warm and dark place, shaking occasionally. Use as a rub for joint diseases.
- Melissa officinalis. Pour 25 g of dry herb into 100 ml of alcohol. Leave for 7 days and use as a rub for joint diseases, paralysis and gout.
- Soybeans. In ancient Rome, dressings made from crushed soybeans were recommended to be used for gout, mastopathy, and to treat joint pain.
- Scots pine. Fresh pine needles, crushed and scalded with boiling water, are used for compresses for rheumatism and gout. The needles can also be used for baths (see “Treatment of arthritis”).
- Formic alcohol. Mix 5 drops of formic alcohol with 1 tablespoon of water. Rub the mixture into swollen joints.
- Fern. If a gout patient sleeps on mattresses stuffed with fern leaves, his condition will improve significantly.
- Take a fresh egg, put it in a glass and fill it with vinegar essence. Pour the egg with the essence into 200 g of melted unsalted butter. Cover the glass loosely, wrap it in woolen cloth and place in a warm place for 3 days. Mix well and lubricate sore joints. The remedy can be used for spurs, bumps and aching joints.

Antique folk remedy. Take 100 g of kerosene. 200 g fresh cow bile and 1/2 teaspoon table salt. Mix all. Alternate rubbing this remedy on sore joints with applying compresses to them as follows:
Day 1 - rub overnight sore spot gall and bandage well; 2nd day - lubricate with vegetable oil after rubbing with bile, in the evening - compress: 3rd day - rest. Continue this treatment for 3 months. Gouty nodes, even the oldest ones, greatly decrease in size or disappear completely.

American agave. Sheet indoor plant cut flat, tearing off the spines, and rub the juice of the leaf on the joints 1-2 times a day.
- Mac is a sleeping pill. For very severe pain in the joint area, it is recommended to crush the leaves of the sleeping pill poppy with table salt, apply it to the sore spot and bandage it tightly.
- Treatment with bee stings. Similar to treatment with bites for arthritis (see above).
- At acute pain in joints, it is recommended to whip the sore spots with nettle at night and rub them with kerosene in the morning.
- According to recommendations Tibetan medicine It is necessary to constantly include apples, asparagus, and garlic tincture in the diet.
- Thamus vulgaris (Adam's root). In the Caucasus it is used in the treatment of gout and rheumatism. Boil 2 tablespoons of crushed roots with boiling water, wrap in gauze and apply as hot pads to sore joints.
- Butterbur officinalis. Wrap butterbur leaves (fresh or dry) in gauze, boil with boiling water and apply as a hot pad to sore joints.
- Common warthog. Boil fresh or dry leaves with boiling water, wrap in gauze and apply as a hot pad to sore spots for neuralgia, gout and rheumatism.
- The chest is furry. Scald 4 tablespoons of fresh chopped herbs with boiling water and wrap in gauze. Apply hot pads to sore spots for gouty or rheumatic pain.
- Horse chestnut. Infuse 20 g of horse chestnut flowers in 500 ml of alcohol or vodka for 2 weeks. The tincture is used for rubbing for gouty and rheumatic pain.

Therapeutic baths for gout

Baths made of Siberian larch. Pour 300 g of larch terminal branches along with pine needles with 5 liters of boiling water. Leave for 2 hours, strain, pour into a bath of water. Bath temperature - 3b-38°C. duration - 20 minutes. For a course of treatment - 12 baths.

Salvia officinalis baths. Pour 100 g of sage into 6 liters of water. Boil for 10 minutes. Cool to 45-50C and steam sore fingers. Bath time is up to 30 minutes. From time to time add hot sage infusion (poured in advance). After the procedure, put on warm socks or gloves and go to bed. It is better to carry out treatment before bedtime. Course - up to 2 months.

Chamomile baths: Pour 100 g of chamomile inflorescences into 10 liters of water. Boil for 5-7 minutes. Add 200 g of table salt and steam sore hands and joints of the feet for half an hour, adding hot broth from time to time.

Juniper baths: 50 juniper berries and stems are poured into 6 liters of boiling water and boiled for 20 minutes. The broth is poured into the bath. The course of treatment is 15 baths for 20 minutes 2-3 times a year.

Baths with oat straw. A bath decoction is prepared at the rate of 1 kg of straw per 7 liters of water. Boil for half an hour, pour into the bath.

Soapwort herb baths. Pour 100 g of crushed herb into 5 liters of cold water, leave for 1 hour, boil for 10 minutes, strain. Pour the broth into a bath at a temperature of 37°C. Take baths at night. The course of treatment is 12-15 baths.

Angelica silica baths. Take 50 g of crushed roots per 6 liters of water. Boil for 10 minutes. cool to 50-60°C and steam the joints of the fingers or soles of the feet for gout. After the bath, rub the sore joints well with the tincture of this plant (2 tablespoons of crushed roots, pour 200 ml of alcohol and leave for 14 days in a dark place).

Stinging nettle root baths. Grind 1 kg of dry nettle roots and pour 2 liters of boiling water. Steam for 3 hours on low heat. Pour two glasses of the resulting decoction into 6 liters of hot water, cool to a temperature of 40°C and make a foot or hand bath. The duration of the bath is 30-40 minutes. After the bath, wrap the sore arm or leg in a warm woolen cloth (without wiping), go to bed, cover yourself well and drink undiluted nettle decoction. It is better to do the procedure at night. During the day, drink 1 teaspoon of napara per glass of water 3 times a day. Drink it for up to 3 months.
After a foot or hand bath, the steam should not be poured out. It can be used as daily compresses on sore joints.

Baths with currant leaves. An infusion of black currant leaves is used in the form of baths for rheumatism and gout. 100 g of dry leaves are poured with cold water (5 l), left for 2 hours, boiled for 10 minutes over low heat. The broth is poured into a bath, the temperature of which is 36-38°C. The duration of the bath is 20 minutes. The number of procedures per course of treatment is 15.

Home remedies for gout

(from the experience of American doctors)
“Gout, which at one time was considered the disease of kings, is caused by the very plebeian uric acid. We all have it in our blood. But if you suffer from gout, you either develop too much of it, or you develop normal amount, but not enough is excreted,” says Dr. Branton Lechman, assistant professor clinical pharmacology at the University of South Carolina. “Be that as it may, excess uric acid turns into tiny crystals, which cause inflammation in your joints.” This excerpt taken from the book " house doctor"edited by Deborah Tkach (M.: Kron-Press. 1995). explains the emergence excruciating pain for gout.

American doctors recommend using a number of remedies in the fight against gout and simple ways, which can ease the severity of gouty pain and prevent the onset of an attack:
1. Taking concentrated cherry juice (1 tablespoon per day) or 200 g of cherries often prevents gout attacks.
2. Coal poultices. Charcoal has the ability to draw out toxins from the body. Mix 1/2 cup of activated charcoal powder with a few tablespoons of flaxseed. add some water to make a paste. and apply it to the sore joint. Cover the top with a cloth and leave overnight. In most cases, such a compress will stop an attack of gout or at least reduce the intensity of the pain.
3. " Activated carbon, taken orally, will help reduce uric acid levels in the blood, says Dr. Thrash. “Take 1/2 teaspoon 4 times daily, immediately upon waking, at noon, during the day, and before going to bed.” This simple remedy can prevent a gout attack.
4. During an acute attack, the affected joint should be kept in an elevated position, while maintaining complete rest.
5. Ice. Sometimes an ice bag placed on the sore joint reduces the intensity of the pain.
6. If pain occurs in the affected joint, you should take ibuprofen, but should not take aspirin.
7. Foods such as brains, heart, liver, kidneys, herring. anchovies, sardines, meat extracts, mussels, butter bread, fish, meat, poultry (containing a large amount of purines) can provoke an attack of gout. So, if possible, you should avoid eating these foods.
8. Dr. Robert H. Davis, professor of physiology, recommends drinking more ordinary water. Water flushes out excess uric acid from the blood and, in addition, prevents the formation of kidney stones. You should drink 6-8 glasses of water per day.
9. "If you have gout, avoid drinking alcohol," says Dr. Bree Stower, professor of pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh. It has long been known that alcohol increases the formation of uric acid in the body and makes it more difficult for it to be excreted. Alcohol consumption can be a trigger for a gout attack. It is especially undesirable to drink beer, as it contains greatest number purines.
10. Gout likes to attack a joint that was once injured, so try to protect the joints from bruises, blows and injuries.
11. Consistent consumption of herbal tea often helps prevent an attack of gout pain. According to American experts, herbal teas made from yarrow, rose hips, aralia, and peppermint have the greatest effect.
12. If you have high blood pressure, try not to abuse diuretins (diuretics), as they cause fluid loss, blood thickening and an increase in the concentration of purines in the blood, which can lead to an attack of gout.

To improve your gout condition, you should adhere to certain rules diets. The diet for gout must include fish (2-3 times a week), boiled meat (mainly beef), dairy products, eggs, cheese, berries (except raspberries), citrus fruits, fruits, vegetables (except pickled, salted), alkaline mineral waters.

It is advisable to spend a fasting day once a week, drinking only liquid. For example, fruit compote, diluted lemon juice (1:2), whey, kefir, lingonberry leaf tea. The condition will noticeably improve if you do this for several months. Because the body will gradually begin to cleanse itself of urates (uric acid salts) formed as a result of metabolic disorders. Gout worsens when cold, long walks, consumption of fats, alcohol, canned food, mushrooms, fried meat, foods containing uric acid (rhubarb, spinach, sorrel).

It is very effective to fast during an exacerbation for 4-7 days, taking a glass of fruit or fruit every two hours from 8 am to 8 pm. vegetable juice, diluted with boiled water (1:1), cleanse the intestines 1-2 times a day with an enema, arrange herbal baths for 2 weeks 3-4 times a week. After fasting for 3-4 days, you should switch to a full fruit diet for gout, then adhere to the recommended diet.

The nutrition menu for gout should preferably include: fresh cabbage in the form of salads, 100 grams of carrots with a tablespoon of vegetable oil. By the way, cabbage leaves applied to sore spots relieve gouty pain.

In spring, it is good to drink birch sap during the entire period of sap movement, half a glass 3-4 times a day.

The patient's condition is improved by the following composition: four lemons, peeled, grind 3 heads of garlic through a meat grinder, pour a liter of boiling water over the mixture, leave for a day, strain. Take 50 grams before meals once a day.

Herbal treatment for gout involves taking the herb brewed as a tea. If you sleep on a mattress stuffed with fresh fern leaves, the pain will subside very quickly.

May birch leaf: brew a glass of boiling water tsp. birch leaves, leave for 20 minutes. For 2 weeks, drink a quarter glass three times a day.

Foot baths made from ivy borax are useful for gout: pour 3 liters of boiling water over 100 grams of herb. 10-15 minutes is the duration of one procedure. The course of treatment for gout is 12 baths every other day.

You have read the information on the topic “Nutrition for gout.”

Juice from the leaves and fruits of sea buckthorn is a real storehouse of vitamins, so it is prescribed for vitamin deficiencies, as well as for diseases gastrointestinal tract.
In medicine, gruel from sea buckthorn berries is used as a wound-healing and anti-inflammatory agent, for burns (there is a ready-made preparation based on sea buckthorn pulp and sea buckthorn oil - “olazol”), to cleanse the skin (pigment spots are removed using sea buckthorn).
Sea buckthorn juice in combination with honey is very good remedy From cough.
A decoction of the berries along with the leaves helps with gout and rheumatism, and a decoction of the seeds is a mild laxative.
The most valuable medicinally is sea buckthorn oil. There are several ways to obtain it at home (see below).
If there are no special recommendations, then sea buckthorn juice is taken three times a day before meals, 0.5 cups mixed with milk (1:1) and adding one tablespoon of honey.
Attention: Sea buckthorn and sea buckthorn juice are not recommended for high acidity of gastric contents!

Red rowan is a wild plant, chokeberry is a garden plant. Their fruits contain, respectively: 81.0 and 80.5 g% water, 1.4 and 1.5 g% protein, 12.5 and 12.0 g% carbohydrates, 3.2 and 2.7 g% dietary fiber, 2.2 and 1.3 g% free organic acids; 9.00 and 1.20 mg% provitamin A, 0.5 and 0.30 mg% vitamin PP, 0.05 and 0.01 mg% vitamin B, 0.02 mg% vitamin Bz, 70 and 15 mg% vitamin WITH. Mineral composition Rowan fruits have not yet been fully studied, but there is no doubt that they contain a lot of potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and a number of other macro- and microelements. According to some reports, there is more provitamin A in ripe rowan berries than in carrots, and vitamin C - than in lemons. All this, as well as P-vitamin-active tannins, make rowan a very valuable medicinal product.
Rowan helps with hypertension, atherosclerosis, gastritis, dysentery, hemorrhoids, and has a diuretic and hemostatic effect. When taking rowan and rowan juice, Staphylococcus aureus, salmonella, and mold fungi die. A special organic acid isolated from rowan berries, sorbic acid, is a natural preservative.
If there are no special recommendations, drink 1/2 glass of rowan juice three times a day, half an hour before meals.
Chokeberry (chokeberry) is one of the most potent blood pressure lowering agents.
Chokeberry is also useful for gastritis with low acidity and toxicosis of pregnant women. Its phytoncides are destructive to Staphylococcus aureus and dysentery bacillus.
Chokeberry juice is squeezed from ripe fruits. It helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels, is recommended for glomerulonephritis, and is a good prophylactic for atherosclerosis, thyrotoxicosis, and vitamin P deficiency.
Attention: consumption of rowan berries and juice is contraindicated for patients with increased blood clotting, stomach ulcers and duodenum, hyperacid gastritis!

Currant

White, red and black currants respectively contain: 86.0,85.4 and 85.0 g% water, 0.3,0.6 and 1.0 g% protein, 8.7,8.0 and 8.0 g% carbohydrates, 2.5,2.5 and 3.0 g% dietary fiber, 2.0,2.5 and 2.3 g% free organic acids; approximately 275 to 372 mg% potassium, 21 to 32 mg% sodium, up to 36 mg% calcium, 17 to 35 mg% iron; from 0.04 to 0.20 mg% provitamin A, from 0.02 to 0.03 mg% vitamin B2, from 0.01 to 0.02 mg% vitamin Bi, o 0.20 to 0.30 mg% vitamin PP, from 25 to 200 mg% vitamin C. Black currant is richer than other currant varieties in macro-micro- and ultramicroelements and, especially, vitamin C. It also contains vitamin P (up to 500 mg%), vitamin K (approximately 0.08 mg %). A good combination of large quantities of vitamins C&R makes currants particularly useful in the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis of the arteries and aorta. Carbohydrates of currant fruits are mainly represented by glucose (1.1 - 2.6 g%) and fructose (5.4 - 6.2 g%). Among the free organic acids of currants, malic and citric acids predominate. It also contains a lot of coloring and aromatic substances. All this taken together gives currant fruits the ability to stimulate appetite, stimulate bile secretion, inhibit putrefactive and fermentation processes in the intestines, alkalize the internal environment of the body, improve hematopoiesis. Currant fruits have astringent and dehydrating properties.
Properly prepared black currant jam retains many of the beneficial qualities of fresh fruit for quite a long time.
Black currant is useful for stomach ulcers, gastritis with low acidity of gastric contents, atherosclerosis, kidney disease, anemia and metabolic disorders. It is a fairly strong immune booster.
Blackcurrant phytoncides are destructive to Staphylococcus aureus, the causative agents of diphtheria and dysentery; blackcurrant juice destroys influenza A2 and B viruses.
In folk medicine, the berries themselves and their juice are used as a diuretic, astringent and diaphoretic.
A decoction of currant leaves treats gout, rheumatism, diabetes(a tablespoon of crushed leaves is poured into two glasses of boiling water, left for 3-4 hours, filtered and drunk throughout the day). Fresh Juice The leaves help heal stomach ulcers and are also used as a sedative.

The fruits of red currant are used as an antipyretic, mild laxative and antiallergic agent.
The juice is used for faster elimination salts from the body, stimulation of intestinal activity, and also as a mild choleretic anti-inflammatory and hemostatic agent.
It has long been known that red currants increase appetite and quench thirst well.

Blueberries contain 86.5 g% water, 1.1 g% protein, 8.6 g% carbohydrates, 2.2 g% dietary fiber, 1.2 g% free organic acids; 51 mg% potassium, 6 mg% sodium, 16 mg% calcium, 6 mg% magnesium, 13 mg% phosphorus, 7.0 mg% iron, 0.9 mg% copper, manganese, cobalt, nickel; 0.01 - 0.02 mg% vitamins Bi and Br, 0.30 mg% vitamin PP, 10 mg% vitamin C, some amounts of vitamin P, pantothenic acid.
The optimal ratio of vitamins C, group B, P-vitamin active tannins, magnesium, iron, copper gives blueberries a vascular strengthening, antibacterial, antianemic effect and the ability to heal the intestines.
Blueberry phytoncides are very effective against dysentery bacillus, staphylococci, pathogens of diphtheria and typhoid fever.

Fresh blueberries and jelly made from them are very useful for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. They prevent and inhibit putrefactive and fermentative processes in the intestines, and tannins and dyes act as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Blueberries surpass all other vegetables and fruits in manganese content.
Blueberries are very useful for anemia, kidney stones, gout, rheumatism, and skin diseases.
It is recommended to include it in their diet for people whose profession requires significant visual load, and people suffering from eye diseases (myopia, farsightedness, astigmatism), as it increases visual acuity.
Blueberries also have the ability to lower blood sugar levels, making them good for diabetics.
Blueberries have long been used as an astringent for dysentery, gastrointestinal disorders, liver diseases.
Boiled and crushed fruits are used for burns and skin diseases, for example, eczema and psoriasis.

By chemical composition The fruits of bird cherry and rowan are not significantly different. Bird cherry is especially rich in P-vitamin-active tannins.
Decoctions, infusions, jams, jelly, compotes from bird cherry berries have astringent, anti-anemic properties, help strengthen the walls of blood vessels and improve the health of the intestines.
A decoction of the leaves is taken internally for tuberculosis, bronchitis, as an antitussive, and externally as a mouth rinse for furunculosis.
Infusion, juice and syrups from bird cherry berries were used in the old days to treat diarrhea in children.

Ripe and dried rosehips contain 66.0 and 14.0 g% water, 1.6 and 4.0 g% protein, 24.0 and 60.0 g% carbohydrates, 4.0 and 10.0 g% dietary fiber , 2.0 and 5.0 g% free organic acids; 23 and 58 mg% potassium, 5 and 13 mg% sodium, 26 and 66 mg% calcium, 8 and 20 mg% magnesium and phosphorus, 11.5 and 28.0 mg% iron, 2.6 and 6.7 mg% provitamin A, 0.05 and 0.15 mg% vitamin Bb, 0.33 and 0.84 mg% vitamin Bz, 0.60 and 1.50 mg% vitamin PP, 470 and 1200 mg% vitamin C, respectively. Rose hips also contain, quite a lot, copper, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, cobalt, vitamins Bb, K, E, tannins and dyes. But the main advantage of this berry is vitamin C, the richest storehouse of which rose hips have long been considered.
Infusions and decoctions of rose hips are not only a traditional antiscorbutic remedy, they also have vasodilating properties, useful for many diseases of the circulatory system. These same infusions and decoctions increase the body's resistance to infections and poisoning. They contribute to the treatment of urolithiasis and cholelithiasis.
From the pulp of rose hips it is obtained oil extract- carotylene, and from true fruits, nuts, rosehip oil. They contain a lot of antioxidants - provitamin A and vitamin E, which, as already mentioned, play a big role in the prevention premature aging person. They also help heal burns, poorly healing wounds and trophic ulcers.
Large bright red or bright yellow rose hips with an easily detachable corolla at the top are considered the most valuable medicinally.

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Actinidia

Actinidia as a fruit and berry plant is well known in the Primorsky Territory. For the conditions of central Russia, Actinidia kolomikta is of greatest interest.

Actinidia fruits are a unique source of vitamin C - up to 1600 mg%!!! The fruits contain vitamins B1, B2, PP, a lot of potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus. The amount of vitamin C increases as the berries ripen. Dried berries contain up to 14% vitamin C. Actinidia berries are a panacea for the treatment and prevention of gout. They should be used in the same way as grapes. Alas, almost all people suffering from gout do not know this, and I also add doctors to them.

Actinidia juice. After harvesting, place the fruits in a cool place for 24 hours. Squeeze out the juice, heat in an enamel container to 80 °C, pour into sterile jars and seal.

Actinidia compote. 1 kg of berries, 1 liter of water, 300 g of sugar.

Place the washed berries in clean glass jars, pour sugar syrup, pasteurize at 80 °C for 10–15 minutes, seal and store.

Actinidia syrup. 1 liter of juice, 1/2 kg of sugar.

Add sugar to the juice from actinidia berries, boil for 5 minutes and pour hot into prepared bottles. Seal and store in a cool place. Use for making jelly, marmalade, cocktails.

Actinidia jelly. 1 kg of berries, 1 kg of sugar.

Mash the fruits carefully with a wooden pestle in an enamel pan, add sugar, mix thoroughly and cook over low heat until tender. Store in glass jars.

Drying actinidia. To dry, scatter the berries in a thin layer on sheets or on wooden trays. Place in a heated Russian stove or oven and dry in several stages, like raisins.

Actinidia jam. 1 kg of berries, 1.2 kg of sugar.

Cover the berries with sugar, keep in a cool place for 2–4 days until the juice releases, and cook until tender over low heat in one batch.

Dried actinidia. Dry mature actinidia in the oven at a temperature of 50–60 °C gradually, intermittently, pour into cloth or paper bags and store in a cool, dry place.

Actinidia candied. 1 kg of berries, 1 kg of sugar.

Immediately after picking, cover whole actinidia berries with sugar in glass jars and cover with plastic lids. Store at 0 °C.

Actinidia with sugar. 1 kg of berries, 1/2 kg of sugar.

Rub the prepared ripe berries through a sieve and mix with sugar. Place in jars, cover with parchment paper and store in a cool place.

Cherry plum

The healing properties of cherry plum are similar healing properties plums

Cherry plum is useful for elderly people suffering from gout, as well as for chronic inflammatory lesions of the kidneys, liver and gall bladder.

IN dietary nutrition Most often, dried cherry plum is used or used as jam or jam. Almost all people also benefit from compotes, jelly and tea with cherry plum jam.

Sweet, aromatic, with a pleasant sourness, cherry plum is widely used in food in fresh and processed form. Jelly and juices, compotes and jelly, preserves and jams, syrups, wines, liqueurs, purees, jam, marshmallows, marinades, pancakes, porridges are made from it.

Cherry plum salad. 400 g cherry plum, 100 g nuts, 1/2 liter of regular marinade (for 1/2 liter of water, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of vinegar, pepper, cloves).

Chop the nuts. Boil fresh cherry plum for 3-5 minutes in the marinade, arrange on a plate, sprinkle with nuts and pour over the same marinade. Cool and serve.

Cherry plum pancakes. 1 kg of cherry plum, 50 - 100 g of flour, water, fat, salt.

Boil the cherry plum in salted water, separate the pulp from the seeds, add flour, mix well, diluting with water to the desired thickness. Bake pancakes or flatbreads like lavash. Serve with tea and milk.

Cherry plum porridge. 1 kg of cherry plum puree, 1 glass of semolina, 30–50 g of butter, salt and sugar to taste.

Add to puree semolina, butter, sugar, salt and bring to readiness.

Cherry plum compote. 1 kg of seedless berries, 1 glass of sugar, 2 liters of water.

Rinse the cherry plum, remove the seeds, put it in sugar syrup, and bring to a boil. Serve chilled.

Cherry plum jam. 1 kg of cherry plum, 1.5 kg of sugar, 1 glass of water.

Dissolve 3 tbsp. l. sugar in water, bring the syrup to a boil, dip the prepared cherry plum into it for 3 minutes, then remove. Dissolve the rest of the sugar in the syrup, bring to a boil, add cherry plum, bring to a boil again and leave for 8 hours. Repeat this 3-4 times.

Orange

Orange juice - effective remedy prevention and treatment of vitamin deficiencies.

Sweet and sour pulp, fresh or canned juice oranges stimulate appetite and improve digestion. It is useful to eat 1-2 oranges or drink juice in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bed in the treatment and prevention of gout.

Oranges are also used for atherosclerosis, liver diseases, and obesity.

The following diet is recommended for weight loss. The first week, eat 2 oranges and 3 hard-boiled eggs 3 times a day (be sure to cook for 12 minutes). In the second, third and subsequent weeks, eat the same food in the same amount, in addition to this, you can eat an unlimited amount of raw vegetables and raw fruits.

Oranges are the most important source of the lipotropic substance inositol, which has a beneficial effect on the condition nervous system, stimulates intestinal function, improves peristalsis.

For acute attacks of gout, there is no better remedy than fasting on orange juice and water. IN severe cases It is recommended to undertake a series of short three-day juice fasts instead of one long one. Within three to four days after acute symptoms disappear, you need to eat exclusively fruits. Then you need to gradually move to a balanced diet natural products, with an emphasis on fresh fruits, raw vegetables and greens. To cleanse the intestines during the entire juice fast, it is necessary to give an enema. warm water. You should do a foot bath with Epsom salts twice a day. To do this, you need to pour 250–500 g of this salt into a hot bowl. In the first week, you need to take a bath three times. Subsequently, such baths can be taken at intervals of 2 times a week. It is useful to apply compresses recommended in this work to the affected joints at night. Useful for the patient Fresh air and physical activity. Stress should be avoided as much as possible.

Oranges have pronounced allergenic properties. Therefore, it is not recommended to consume more than 1 glass of juice per day. Suffering from stomach and duodenal ulcers, gastritis with high acidity gastric juice, enterocolitis, pancreatitis, you can drink juice only in diluted form.

Oranges are used to make jams and candied fruits; they are used to flavor confectionery products.

Orange juice jelly. 1 liter of orange juice, 200 g of sugar, 3 tbsp. l. gelatin, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 2-3 cloves, vanillin.

Dip the spices into the juice and leave in the cold overnight. Pour gelatin with cold boiled water for 30–40 minutes to swell, then place on a hot kettle, stirring continuously until dissolved. Mix strained gelatin and juice, add sugar. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Pour into flat cups and cool. Before serving, add ice cream or sour cream whipped with powdered sugar and vanilla to each, and garnish with a jam berry.

A drink made from oranges and apple juice. 6 glasses of apple juice, 1-2 oranges, 200 g of sugar.

Wash the oranges with hot, then cold water, cut into slices, sprinkle with sugar, and leave overnight. Then pour in apple juice and cool.

Milk-orange drink. 2 cups orange juice, 2 cups milk, 3 tbsp. l. Sahara.

Mix the juice with sugar, pour in cold boiled milk, beat until foam forms, cool, pour into glasses.

The drink is refreshing. 2 oranges, 2–3 apples, 100 g sugar, 1/2 l mineral water, ice.

Wash the oranges and apples, cut into thin slices along with the peel, pour in syrup made from sugar and 1 glass of water, cover and leave for 12 hours. Before serving, pour chilled water into the syrup. Place orange and apple slices and edible ice into glasses, pour in syrup and water, top up with mineral water.

Dessert salad. 1 orange or lemon, 5-6 apples, 1 tbsp. l. powdered sugar, 50 g nuts or 2 raw yolks.

Wash the apples, remove the skin, remove the core, cut into thin slices, add orange or lemon cut into slices, place in a salad bowl, sprinkle with powdered sugar and chopped nuts. Instead of nuts, you can season the salad with raw yolks, mashed with powdered sugar.

Orange drink. Boil 2.5 cups of water, after adding 0.5 cup of sugar, cool. Squeeze the juice from 2-3 oranges, leaving half of the orange unsqueezed. Mix the juice with water, add the remaining orange, cut into slices, and finely grated zest of a quarter of the fruit. Pour the drink into glasses, put a piece of edible ice in each.

Orange drink for future use. Finely chop the peel of 6 oranges, pour in 3 liters of boiling birch sap. After a day, remove the peel from the juice and pass through a meat grinder. Dip it again into heated birch sap and leave for another day. Then strain the infusion through gauze folded in several layers. Heat and dissolve 2 kg of honey in it. When the syrup has cooled, add 6 tsp. lemon juice and stir everything. Pour the finished syrup into bottles. It turns out to be very strong; it is a kind of semi-finished product for future healing drinks. As needed, dilute it to taste with chilled sparkling or mineral water.

Vitamin drink. Combine immediately and stir thoroughly: 200 ml carrot juice, juice of 1/2 orange, 1/4 lemon, 1 tsp. honey and 1/2 cup kefir.

Orange drink with milk. Mix 1/2 cup chilled milk with 30 ml orange syrup in a mixer.

Chokeberry (Aronia chokeberry)

Aronia juice and fruits are contraindicated for gastric and duodenal ulcers, as well as for hyperacid gastritis.

The disadvantage of chokeberry fruits is their low vitamin C content. Therefore, in the treatment and prevention of gout, it is recommended to use them simultaneously with rose hips or black currants, rich in vitamin C.

Candied chokeberry fruits. 1 kg of chokeberry, 1.4 kg of sugar, 3 glasses of water, citric acid, vanillin.

Blanch the rowan for 2–3 minutes, transfer it to an enamel bowl, and pour hot syrup over it for 8 hours. Cook for 5 minutes until tender, leaving overnight. At the end of cooking add citric acid and optional vanillin.

Chokeberry compote. 1 kg of rowan, 1/2 kg of sugar, 1.5 glasses of water.

Peel the rowan, rinse and dry. Boil syrup in a saucepan, add rowan, cook over moderate heat until soft. After this, remove the berries with a slotted spoon, transfer them to a jar and pour in the juice in which they were boiled. Close the jar with a lid and sterilize at 85 °C for 15 minutes.

Rowan can be combined with apples and elderberries in a 1:1 ratio.

Rowan jam. 1 kg chokeberry, 1/2 kg sugar.

Place the peeled, washed rowan berries into a saucepan, add water and cook, stirring constantly. When the berries become soft, add sugar and cook until the water has completely evaporated (but the fruits should not be boiled). Then pour the hot mixture into jars, close the lid, and sterilize at 95 °C for 15 minutes.

Rowan drink. Sort out the chokeberry or red rowan (100–150 g), rinse with warm water, put in a saucepan, pour in birch sap so that it covers the fruit, cover tightly with a lid and boil for 15 minutes. Then pour the juice into a separate bowl and mash the berries with a wooden masher. Squeeze out the mashed berries, combine the juice with the birch sap in which the rowan was boiled, add honey and put it back on the fire. When the syrup boils, add the squeezed berries and boil for 5 minutes. Remove the finished drink from the heat and cool.

Common barberry

For gout, liver diseases, inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, accompanied by dropsy and jaundice, an infusion is prepared from the barberry root bark: 1 tsp. dry crushed barberry root bark, pour 2 cups of boiled water, leave for 4 hours, shaking the contents periodically, strain. Drink in small sips in several doses throughout the day.

When treating joint and muscle pain, dry barberry extract is considered an excellent remedy. At home it is prepared as follows. In spring or autumn, collect bark or young branches of barberry, chop them and place them in a large enamel pan. Pour water so as to completely cover the bark and branches, boil for 45–50 minutes. Then pour the broth into a clean container and let it settle. After this, pour the broth back into the pan and boil over low heat until a thick or dry mass is obtained. Take the extract in portions the size of peas or wheat grains 2-3 times a day.

Prepared from barberry berries delicious jam, jelly, juices. In early spring, salads are prepared from young fresh barberry leaves, which have a sour taste. Dried and fresh leaves used for brewing tea. Barberry juice has different shades - from red to dark blue. Syrups, kvass, vinegar and other food products are made from it.

Barberry juice. Ripe fruits wash, blanch in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, drain the water, and pass the berries through a juicer. If the resulting juice is intended for storage, pasteurize it and bottle it. Use for making mousse drinks and jelly.

Barberry compote. 1 kg of berries, 500 g of sugar, 1 liter of water.

Wash the ripe fruits, remove the stalks, place in glass jars, pour hot sugar syrup, pasteurize at a temperature of 80–85 °C for 10–15 minutes.

Barberry jelly. 1 kg of berries, 1 kg of sugar, 1 glass of water.

Place the sorted and washed berries in an enamel pan, add water and put on fire. Heat with constant stirring until the berries soften, rub through a sieve, add sugar, boil to the desired thickness and pour hot into prepared glass jars. Cover with paper, cool, tie with twine and store in a cool place.

Barberry jam. 1 kg of berries, 2–3 glasses of water, 1–1.5 kg of sugar.

Pour the washed berries with warm water and leave. After 8–10 hours, drain the water, prepare sugar syrup in it, pour it over the berries, and cook for 30–40 minutes until tender.

Salted barberry. 2 kg of barberry, 1 liter of water, 200 g of salt.

Place the berries on small branches in jars and add salted, chilled boiled water so that all the berries are covered with liquid. Close the jars and store in a cool place.

Barberry syrup. 1 kg of barberry, 1/2 cup of water, 1.5 kg of sugar.

Stew barberries in water, puree, mix with sugar and bring to a boil. Pour into bottles. When serving, dilute with plain or sparkling water.

Barberry in sugar. 1 kg of barberry, 800 g of sugar, 1/2 liter of water.

Prepare syrup from sugar and water, add barberry and cook. After 10 minutes, while hot, put into jars, close with metal lids, pasteurize at 80 °C for 15 minutes, roll up and turn upside down.

Hawthorn

The very high content of vitamins, macro- and microelements in hawthorn fruits puts it among the plants that can effectively remove toxins from the body. The fruits stimulate metabolism, are useful for diseases of the heart and blood, liver and gallbladder, ascites, for peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum, promote sleep soundly, calm the nervous system.

Hawthorn preparations as remedy Can only be used under medical supervision! Persons with cardiac impairment should not consume drinks made from fruits and flowers, in which the concentration of biologically active substances is not controlled.

Hawthorn fruits are contraindicated for hypotension.

How to use hawthorn in the treatment and prevention of gout? Dried crushed fruits and leaves can be brewed as tea, and coffee can be made from the fruits alone. The fruits, ground into powder, are added to the dough. Compotes and jams are prepared from fresh fruits (often together with black currants or sour apples), pureed with sugar.

Hawthorn pureed with honey. 1 kg of berries, 300–500 g of honey.

Remove the seeds from the fruits and blanch for 2–3 minutes in boiling water. After draining the water, rub through a sieve with a wooden pestle, gradually adding honey. Place the mixture into prepared hot jars, sprinkle with a small layer of granulated sugar, seal and store in a cool place.

Hawthorn coffee. 1 glass of water, 2–3 tsp. hawthorn powder, 1/2 tsp. chicory.

Steam the fruits for 3–4 minutes or pour boiling water over them, draining the water immediately. Dry well (not in the sun) and then dry in the oven. Then proceed as with regular coffee: grind in a coffee grinder, boil. You can add chicory if you wish.

Hawthorn compote. 1 glass of apple juice, 1 kg of hawthorn, 300 g of sugar, 1 liter of water.

Wash the hawthorn berries, separate the seeds and stalks. Pour juice sour apples, boil for 3 minutes, add boiling syrup, cool, pour into jars, put them in boiling water, heat for 5 minutes and seal. Apple juice can be replaced with a solution of citric acid (3 mg per 1 liter of water).

Hawthorn jam. 1 kg of berries, 2 glasses of water, 800 g of sugar, 3 g of citric acid.

Place the fruits (with seeds) in a bowl, add water, cook over low heat until the berries become soft. Drain the broth. Rub the berry pulp through a sieve or colander, mix with the broth and cook, stirring, until the mass leaves the bottom. Add citric acid to the jam (you can juice any sour apples, fruits to taste; or small pieces of sour berries without skin). Pour the hot jam into heated jars, sterilize for 5 minutes, and seal.

Hawthorn jam with apples. 1 kg of hawthorn fruits, 1 kg of apples, 1/2 kg of sugar, 1 liter of water.

Prepare in the same way as hawthorn jam.

Hawthorn juice. 1 kg of berries, 50 g of sugar, 1 liter of water.

Boil the washed hawthorn fruits in a small amount of water over low heat for 1–2 hours, rub through a sieve, add water and sugar to the resulting puree, bring to a boil and cool.

Hawthorn drink with oatmeal infusion. 1 kg of berries, 100 g of sugar, 300 g of oatmeal, 3 liters of water.

Stew the prepared hawthorn fruits in the oven, rub through a sieve, add sugar and a decoction of oatmeal. To prepare the decoction, add water to the oatmeal, leave overnight, and bring to a boil in the morning. Drain the broth, cool and use to prepare a drink.

Hawthorn puree. 1 kg of hawthorn fruits, 1–2 glasses of water.

Place the collected hawthorn fruits for ripening for a day, wash thoroughly, place in a pan with water and cook until softened. Rub the boiled fruits through a sieve, and pack the prepared mixture into sterile glass jars. Store in a cool place.

Hawthorn gravy. Mix 100 g of hawthorn puree, 50 g of honey, 1/2 cup of water. Serve with thick porridges, pancakes, pancakes.

Hawthorn drink. Mix 1 tbsp in a mixer. l. seedless hawthorn fruit, 2 tbsp. l. kefir, 0.5 tsp. bee honey, cinnamon on the tip of a knife.

Milk-hawthorn drink. Mix 1 tbsp. l. hawthorn fruits with 3–4 tbsp. l. curdled milk (or kefir), 1 yolk and 1 tbsp. l. honey

Cowberry

Usually, the deposition of salts in the body during gout does not occur immediately, over many, many years, and the disease is protracted, chronic nature. Therefore, dealing with it requires a lot of time and patience. And, of course, you need individual approach: Each organism has its own characteristics.

If, for example, a person’s liver and kidneys are damaged, which often leads to the deposition of salts due to delayed excretion of uric acid, the use of lingonberry leaves in treatment would be most preferable. After all, it is directly directed to these organs - as a choleretic, anti-inflammatory for the liver, or bactericidal and diuretic for inflammation renal pelvis, inflammation of the bladder, urolithiasis. And for joint diseases, rheumatoid and infectious nonspecific arthritis, including salt deposition, the ability of lingonberry leaf medicines to restore impaired mineral metabolism in the body is taken into account.

Leaves are collected immediately after the snow melts and stop collecting before flowering. They are harvested for the second time in the fall, after picking the berries. Leaves are collected by hand, tearing them off from the bottom up; blackened and browned leaves are thrown away.

For salt deposition, arthritis, spondylosis, gout, articular rheumatism, as well as inflammation of the kidneys and bladder, use a decoction of lingonberry leaves: 3-4 tsp. Boil dry crushed leaves over low heat for 15 minutes in 2 glasses of water, cool, strain and drink in small portions for two days.

The following remedy is effective: pour 100 g of lingonberry leaves into 2.5 liters of boiling water, leave, covered, for 2 hours, strain and add 250 ml of vodka to the broth. Place on the fire and simmer for 15 minutes, without bringing to a boil. Take 100 g 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Take for 6 months, and for polyarthritis, drink until there is no sediment in the urine and movements are more free and relaxed. Store in a cool place.

Lingonberry berries are incredibly useful for lowering blood pressure in patients with gout; lingonberry juice especially quickly and effectively reduces blood pressure. This is an excellent multivitamin.

Juice from berries with water is a good cooling, refreshing and health-improving drink. It is useful to add bee honey to it - 1 tsp. per glass of drink.

I advise patients with gout not only to eat this wonderful berry in the summer, but also to make preparations for the winter in the form of jam, which can be dried or frozen. Kissels, fruit drinks, jelly and lingonberry jam help restore appetite. Diuretic effect lingonberry juice almost doubles when combined with pumpkin juice.

In Siberia, in the old days, water for soaking lingonberries was sweetened with licorice root and sour milk, chicory or bread crusts were added to it. Antonov apples are often soaked together with lingonberries, which improve their taste and themselves become sweeter.

Fresh lingonberries with sugar. 1 cup berries, 2 tbsp. Sahara.

Sprinkle the washed berries with sugar and mix. Serve as dessert.

Soaked lingonberries. I. 10 kg lingonberries. Filling: 5 liters of water, 100 g of sugar, 100 g of salt, 2-3 apples, allspice, cinnamon.

Sort freshly picked berries and wash in cold water and pour into prepared dishes. Dissolve sugar and salt in water, bring to a boil, cool and pour over the berries. To improve the taste, add peeled, aromatic apples, cut into slices, allspice, and cinnamon. Cover the top with linen cloth, put a circle and bend. Maintain for 6–7 days at a temperature of 18–20 °C or 8–9 days at 12–15 °C, then transfer to a cold place. After 25–30 days, serve as a seasoning for meat, cereal and vegetable dishes, and also as a dessert.

II. 7 kg of lingonberries, 150 g of sugar, 3 liters of water.

Sort out the reddened berries, rinse with boiled, cooled water, pour into prepared containers and pour in sugar solution. Close, stand, store and use the same as in the first recipe.

Lingonberry jam. 1 kg of lingonberries, 1/2 kg of honey or sugar, 1/4 orange peel, a piece of cinnamon, 3 cloves.

Pour 1 glass of water over the lingonberries, add the rest of the ingredients, cook until thickened.

Lingonberry compote. 1 kg of lingonberries, 400 g of sugar, peel of 1/4 lemon, a piece of cinnamon, 1 glass of water.

Dissolve sugar in water, add cinnamon, cook, then add lingonberries, lemon peel and cook a little until the lingonberries become soft. Cool, put into small jars, close with lids. There is no need to sterilize.

Lingonberry sauce. 1/4 kg lingonberries, 1/2 liter of water, 1 tbsp. l. sugar, peel of 1 lemon, 2 cloves, 1/2 cup dry red wine.

Boil lingonberries in water, add sugar, lemon peel, cloves, wine. Boil until sour cream thickens.

Lingonberry jelly. 120 g lingonberries, 140 g sugar, 45 g starch, 2 g citric acid.

Grind the washed berries with a pestle, squeeze out the juice, pour in the pulp. hot water at the rate of 5 glasses of water per 1 glass of pulp, bring to a boil. Add starch to the squeezed and cooled broth, stir, bring to a boil, add the squeezed juice.

Lingonberry jam. 1 kg of berries, 1.2 kg of sugar, 3 glasses of water, 3-4 cloves.

Pour boiling water over the prepared berries, soak in it for 2-3 minutes, place in a sieve, pour into a bowl for jam, pour in syrup, and cook until tender. At the end of cooking, add cloves.

Lingonberry marinade. 1 kg of lingonberries, 500 g of apples or pears. Syrup: 2.5 cups water, 1/2 cup table vinegar, 10 tbsp. l. sugar, 1/3 tbsp. l. salt, cloves, cinnamon, allspice.

Blanch pears or apples, cut into 4 pieces, in boiling water (pears for 4–5 minutes, apples for 1–3 minutes) and cool in cold water. They can be mixed, or they can be placed in a jar in layers.

Boil the syrup (without vinegar) in an enamel bowl, and then add vinegar. If you use table vinegar instead vinegar essence, then you need 15 ml per 2 partial glasses of water.

Cool the filling and pour into jars. Place a sheet of parchment or thin film under the lid, otherwise the marinade will darken.

Lingonberry water. Sort, rinse in cold water and transfer ripe lingonberries to a clean earthenware jar. To prepare the syrup, pour 300 g of sugar into a saucepan, pour in 2 cups of birch sap, add lemon zest, put on fire, let it boil, strain and cool. Pour cold syrup over the lingonberries, cover the jar with parchment and tie. Store lingonberries in a cool place.

Lingonberry juice. Crush the lingonberry berries in a wooden mortar, strain the extracted juice and then cook until it becomes thick like molasses. After this, pour into bottles, seal and tar.

Lingonberry tea. To make tea, you need dry lingonberry leaves, collected in early spring or late autumn (those collected in summer turn black and have an unsightly appearance). Brew 1 tsp. leaves with a glass of boiling birch sap, let it brew and drink the infusion hot or cold.